/ ASSESSMENT SUMMARY

Your Cosmetic Brand Green Claims Check™ Results

Use your five answers to identify your next steps.

Find each of your five answers below to see what we recommend next. This check supports awareness and visibility. It is not a compliance assessment, certification or legal advice.

/ CHECK 01

1. Do you know where environmental claims appear across your products, packaging, website and marketing?

ANSWER: YES
ANSWER: PARTLY
ANSWER: NO
ANSWER: UNSURE

Good claim visibility

Reassuring baseline for claim visibility across packaging, website, and promotional touchpoints.

Uncover hidden environmental claims across retail collateral and digital marketing channels.

Build foundational understanding to map and track green claims across all cosmetic lines.

Work with our experts to audit and establish full visibility over your current product messaging.

/ CHECK 02

2. Can you distinguish claims about an ingredient from claims about the finished product?

ANSWER: YES
ANSWER: PARTLY
ANSWER: NO
ANSWER: UNSURE

Good claim understanding

Reassuring distinction between ingredient-level data and finished cosmetic product statements.

Clarify how raw material origin claims differ from final product environmental communications.

Learn key communication principles to separate raw ingredient attributes from packaging copy.

Gain technical guidance to ensure formulation benefits are communicated without ambiguity.

/ CHECK 03

3. Do you know where the information supporting your environmental claims came from?

ANSWER: YES
ANSWER: PARTLY
ANSWER: NO
ANSWER: UNSURE

Good information visibility

Reassuring evidence base and supplier substantiation records across your portfolio.

Evaluate existing supplier testing dossiers and identify evidence gaps.

Locate missing scientific or technical data across your ingredient and packaging supply chain.

Review substantiation documentation to ensure statements are fully backed.

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4. Could you locate that information if a claim were questioned?

ANSWER: YES
ANSWER: PARTLY
ANSWER: NO
ANSWER: UNSURE

Good claim traceability

Reassuring record-retrieval readiness for retailer, regulatory, or customer inquiries.

Organize data repositories to retrieve substantiation fast during challenges.

Set up structured evidentiary files for active cosmetic claims.

Test claim retrieval speed and completeness before external scrutiny arises.

/ CHECK 05

5. Does someone review environmental claims before packaging or marketing goes live?

ANSWER: YES
ANSWER: PARTLY
ANSWER: NO
ANSWER: UNSURE

Good review ownership

Reassuring internal governance and clear approval sign-offs prior to public launch.

Formalize cross-department sign-off processes between legal, marketing, and R&D.

Establish accountable review procedures before packaging art or web copy goes live.

Define unambiguous ownership and approval checklists for brand communications.

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The Cosmetic Brand Green Claims Check™ is an introductory tool to support awareness and visibility. It does not constitute legal advice, compliance certification, or formal audit.